Whitelaw Reid
Whitelaw,Reid
Whitelaw,Reid,October,27,,1837,–,December,15,,1912,was,an,American,politician,and,newspaper,editor,,as,well,as,the,author,of,a,popular,history,of,Ohio,in,the,Civil,War,After,assisting,Horace,Greeley,as,editor,of,the,powerful,Republican,newspaper,,the,New,York,Tribune,,Reid,purchased,the,paper,after,Greeleys,death,in,1872,and,controlled,it,until,his,own,death,The,circulation,grew,to,about,60,000,a,day,,but,the,weekly,edition,became,less,important,He,invested,heavily,in,new,technology,,such,as,the,Hoe,rotary,printing,press,and,the,linotype,machine,,but,bitterly,fought,against,the,unionized,workers,for,control,of,his,shop,As,a,famous,voice,of,the,Republican,Party,,he,was,honored,with,appointments,as,ambassador,to,France,1889,and,Great,Britain,1905,,as,well,as,numerous,other,honorific,positions,In,1898,President,William,McKinley,appointed,him,to,the,American,commission,that,negotiated,peace,with,Spain,after,the,Spanish–American,War1
Contents
1,Early,life
2,Career
3,Death
4,Publications
5,References
6,Further,reading
7,External,links
Early,life
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